Fill 'Er Up!!! How much you pay for your last tank full of gas ?
05-02-2007 | 02:58 PM
#51
Originally Posted by User24
The most expensive average cost of gasoline is found in San Francisco (3.536), and the least is found in Anchorage (2.789). That means all of us fall somewhere in between those numbers with a few exceptions.
Originally Posted by chickenwafer
What about Circle K? Where do they get from gas from?
Originally Posted by eviltwinkie
Just outta curiosity...would the engine benefit from higher octane anyway? I mean if you ran C12 or something would it even make a difference? I know about the cat thing so lets not go off into that...
I was beating the crap out of it at the drag strip and I wanted the safety margin.
05-02-2007 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
No, not really. It is just an insurance policy against ping.
I was beating the crap out of it at the drag strip and I wanted the safety margin.
I was beating the crap out of it at the drag strip and I wanted the safety margin.
05-02-2007 | 05:23 PM
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Shell 91 (highest we have here in CA) 13.5 gal. at 3.53 yesterday, came up to $47 something
if anyone remembers the movie Airplane and the wacky air traffic controler - when he starts doing all kinds of drugs and says "I picked the wrong day to stop using ....
kind of reminds me of myself - "picked ther wrong time to buy a 15mpg RX8" that is until I drive her...
if anyone remembers the movie Airplane and the wacky air traffic controler - when he starts doing all kinds of drugs and says "I picked the wrong day to stop using ....
kind of reminds me of myself - "picked ther wrong time to buy a 15mpg RX8" that is until I drive her...
05-02-2007 | 06:49 PM
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My '88 Cadi Sadan DeVille takes 16 gallions per fillup. I can't go below 4 gallons or I start stalling out while slowing down. Gets about 12-14 miles per gallon... about 40-50 bucks every 4-5 days.
05-03-2007 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by chickenwafer
What about Circle K? Where do they get from gas from? I think it's just Mobile gas if I remember correctly
05-03-2007 | 11:02 AM
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i might be wrong but i heard or read somewhere that we found a new batch of oil stateside 
and the prices would be going down.then a few months ago prices went down to $1.95 a gallon.my question is what makes the oil company charge more for what is already made or processed then even more when they find more and even more when some fool blows up something and we all pay the price.but they still show a profit not a loss.i want in on this game it seems no matter how much you lose you make more than you had and nobody can touch you.boy oh boy what a way to get rich!!got to get a lot higher then this to stop me from riding the curves.
but i still want in on this one!!
05-03-2007 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by XRX8X
i might be wrong but i heard or read somewhere that we found a new batch of oil stateside and the prices would be going down.then a few months ago prices went down to $1.95 a gallon.my question is what makes the oil company charge more for what is already made or processed then even more when they find more and even more when some fool blows up something and we all pay the price.but they still show a profit not a loss.i want in on this game it seems no matter how much you lose you make more than you had and nobody can touch you.boy oh boy what a way to get rich!!got to get a lot higher then this to stop me from riding the curves.
but i still want in on this one!!
05-03-2007 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by XRX8X
i might be wrong but i heard or read somewhere that we found a new batch of oil stateside
Ken
05-03-2007 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by XRX8X
i might be wrong but i heard or read somewhere that we found a new batch of oil stateside and the prices would be going down.then a few months ago prices went down to $1.95 a gallon.my question is what makes the oil company charge more for what is already made or processed then even more when they find more and even more when some fool blows up something and we all pay the price.but they still show a profit not a loss.i want in on this game it seems no matter how much you lose you make more than you had and nobody can touch you.boy oh boy what a way to get rich!!got to get a lot higher then this to stop me from riding the curves.
but i still want in on this one!!Just because you find oil in the ground doesn't mean prices will go down. It still has to be refined and turned into gasoline. Prices are high due to increased demand (as well as other factors, but demand is the larger contribitor right now). The refineries are not producing as much gasoline right due to various issues, i.e. fire at refinery in Oklahoma for example and other refining problems has decreased output. Plus U.S. demand for gasoline is already higher compared to the same time one year ago so prices go up accordingly.
